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David Glasgow Farragut

American artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens finds inspiration in France to create one of America’s most iconic sculptures, a memorial to the Civil War hero Admiral David Farragut.

Not so long ago, indeed well within a lifetime, there was no “dearth of heroes” in this country, to quote the title of our opening article a little out of context.

The Corps is supposed to be tough, and is. This often confounds its enemies and sometimes irritates the nation’s other services

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